> as i said, unix-like operating systems have done disk readahead for almost > as long as unix-like operating systems have existed (and multics > before them, i believe). we cannot allow nemesys/conexant to steal > this technology by pretending it was invented explicitly for audio. if > the USPTO doesn't understand this (and they probably {d,w}on't),
Why not? They should..(?) Or there's lots of $$$$$$$ floating around... Marek